Businesses in York and North Yorkshire can access funding from levy-paying employers transferring their unused levy, to help cover apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
Area
York and North YorkshireRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
For all of Yorkshire and the Humber, or the whole North 1 scheme
Share of up to £110 million from UKRI for UK registered organisations to deliver research and develop future leaders, for business and non-academic applicants.
Amount
£100,000 to £3,000,000
Deadline
Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Funding for industrial research solutions to strengthen supply chain resilience and onshore critical dual use capabilities in battery innovation. Open to organisations of any size.
Amount
Share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT (total fund £2,000,000)
Deadline
Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
Amount
£2,500,000 to £20,000,000
Deadline
Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
CCabinet Office (CO), Disability Unit (Cabinet Office)
A multi-year grant to appoint an administrator to set up and run a fund covering the extra disability-related costs of disabled people contesting elections. Applicants must be non-profit organisations, such as a Disabled People's Organisation, charity, social enterprise or co-operative, with disability expertise.
Amount
The total funding available for 2026/27 will be up to £500k. This grant will cover both the administration costs, and the funding pot.
Deadline
Closes 4 November 2026 at 2pm (3 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
DDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, UK Space Agency
The UK Space Agency, invites proposals for projects through the International Bilateral Fund (IBF) that will help strengthen the UK space sector’s international partnerships.
Amount
Up to £1,500,000
Deadline
Closes 4 November 2026 at 3pm (3 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Phase 1 expression of interest for late-stage climate tech businesses developing First of a Kind (FOAK) projects, offering technical assistance (in-kind support) and possible Phase 2 grant funding. Companies must be UK registered micro, small or medium enterprises working alone, or as a lead.
Amount
Up to £315,000
Deadline
Closes 5 November 2026 at 11am (4 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
A grant from the Department for Education to fund delivery providers to design and install SuDS features on school sites to reduce surface water flood risk. Match funded, with DfE able to fund up to 50% of total project costs where criteria allow.
Amount
Up to 50% of total project costs (at DfE's discretion); advertised £5m total pot is an estimated cost subject to change
Deadline
Closes 9 November 2026 at 5pm (8 days)
Area
EnglandRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Grants of £5,000 to £25,000 for engaged Money Guiders Partner organisations to run projects improving customer referrals and collaboration (Lot 1) or raising awareness of money guidance (Lot 2). Each organisation can make one application per Lot.
Amount
£5,000 to £25,000
Deadline
Closes 10 November 2026 at 5pm (9 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
DDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Innovate UK
A grant of £2,500 for farming, growing or forestry businesses in England to engage an external Project facilitator to support development of a full ADOPT grant application. Single applicants only.
Amount
Up to £2,500
Deadline
Closes 11 November 2026 at 11am (10 days)
Area
EnglandRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Feasibility study funding for UK registered SMEs developing frontier artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up. Part of a three-phase pipeline.
Amount
£150,000 to £250,000
Deadline
Closes 11 November 2026 at 11am (10 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Government
Capital grants of 10-20% of project costs for UK businesses investing in life sciences manufacturing of human medicines, medical diagnostics and MedTech products.
Amount
between 10 and 20% of project costs
Deadline
Closes 13 November 2026 at 12 noon (12 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
UK registered research and technology organisations or academic institutions can apply for up to £4 million to establish a hub improving the targeting and commercial impact of grant-funded manufacturing digitalisation activity.
Amount
From £3,800,000
Deadline
Closes 18 November 2026 at 11am (17 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Funding for UK SMEs to experimentally validate prototype novel reusable AI mechanisms for efficient, structured and controllable AI systems. Projects must start at TRL 1, 2 or 3.
Amount
£50,000 to £150,000
Deadline
Closes 18 November 2026 at 11am (17 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
A grant for UK registered SMEs with materials innovation projects that have investment traction from an approved investor partner, alongside aligned private investment. Part of the National Materials Innovation Programme.
Amount
Up to £5 million allocated to fund innovation projects in this competition. Project total costs: £50,000 to £300,000 for feasibility studies, £100,000 to £1 million for industrial research, £250,000 to £2 million for experimental development.
Deadline
Closes 25 November 2026 at 11am (24 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
EEuropean Space Agency (ESA), ESA Business Applications
A non-competitive BASS call for operational solutions using space-enabled technologies to improve the resilience of electricity grids.
Amount
Up to 50% of activity costs can usually be funded for UK applicants. Proof-of-concept studies up to €600,000 max cost per project: case-by-case assessment for pilot projects.
Deadline
Closes 27 November 2026 (26 days)
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
DDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
From 2027, cuts electricity costs by up to £40 per megawatt hour for eligible manufacturers in Great Britain, by exempting their sites from the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariffs and Capacity Market.
Amount
Up to £40 per megawatt hour off electricity costs, from 2027
Deadline
Closes 30 November 2026 (29 days)
Area
England, Scotland, WalesRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10